We are proud to announce that Skypuzzler and Thales will contribute to scaling the aviation and drone industries by combining their cutting-edge technologies to enable new airspace users and enhance flight safety.
Thales’s Topsky AstraUTM solution covers all phases of the drone mission, from Operator Fleet Management and Mission Planning to Strategic and Tactical Management of the Airspace. The solution aims at streamlining the management of UAS operations through automation and application of customised rule sets. It provides a reliable view of all traffic and shares the situation awareness between authorities and operators, while automatically monitoring conformance during the whole flights.
Skypuzzler’s integrated Digital Air Traffic Control (iDATC) is designed as a module to advance UTM systems. It enables the UTM systems to manage the complexities of all drone operation scenarios safely and efficiently, by providing Conflict Resolution Services (CRS) based on a holistic traffic view through UTM’s real-time data: flight plan data, weather, static and dynamic environment data, traffic information, geo-awareness data, etc.
By adding Skypuzzler’s iDATC solution to Thales’ TopSky UAS portfolio, Thales and Skypuzzler are ready to collaborate and unite their expertise to address the industry demand and needs, offering their services to operators, service providers, and authorities in the aviation and drone ecosystem.
Ludovic Lang, Director, Global Head of Digital Aviation and UTM at Thales, says “Thales embraces the vision of enabling sustainable and safe drone operations within airspaces alongside traditional crewed aviation and a plethora of new airspace users. It requires the deployment of resilient, trusted, scalable, open, and integrated traffic management solutions. The partnership with Skypuzzler is one step further towards the accomplishment of this vision”.
Jesper Skou, CEO of Skypuzzler, says, “Skypuzzler is founded on the vision of developing a solution to address the growing complexity and density of airspace, driven by flight safety to integrate drones, eVTOLs, space vehicles, and other emerging technologies shaping our future skies. With our integrated Digital Air Traffic Control (iDATC) module, we have developed a solution where advanced automation plays a central role in managing complex airspaces across UTM, ATM, and STM domains. Our partnership with Thales represents a significant opportunity for Skypuzzler to integrate iDATC into their UTM system, and we look forward to a productive and successful collaboration”.
